IML’s KEEPING PACE How time flies with Keeping Pace. We are into our third edition of the IML Walking

Association’s newsletter. There are several happening that have progressed since

out last letter. We want to keep you in the loop and address some of the IML

participants concerns so with that, let’s do just that.

November 07th and 08th 2015

Two days walking in BARCELONA

International Walk of Barcelona (IML / IVV)

International Two Day Walks

Keeping Page has what you are looking for, 2016 IML event dates (see below).

The IML Walking Association will list 1 year in advance on the IML website.

Look for 2017 event dates to be listed 1 January 2016. Please see

http://www.imlwalking.org/#/events/calendar for detailed info.

IML would like to thank all the IML walkers for participating in the walks.

NEWSFLASH-LATEST DATE CHANGE: Reminder !!

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IML & IVV Joint Cooperation

IML walkers taking part in an IVV Olym-piad,Europiad & Asiapiad can obtain an IML stamp when completing at least two consecutive days of minimum 20 km per day. If the event takes more than 2 days the walkers must complete every day of the event. (10 km for aged over 70).

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JANUARY 1ST 2016

3rd Europiad, Kitzbuehel 3rd Asianpiad May 26th – May 28th, 2016. November12th-November 13th, 2016

Austrian Volkssportverband Chinese Taipei Alpine Association

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Rotorua Walking Festival - Dates for 2016 - third weekend in March 19/20

Greetings

Just a brief email to advise that the next Rotorua Walking Festival (New Zealand) will be held on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 March in 2016. Below are details of our website and the international website with other events. The local website is http://www.rotoruawalkingfestival.org.nz/;\ We have had to change our walk dates because of an international mountain bike festival (Crankworx – also held in France and Canada) which brings thousands of people into Rotorua. This will be in Rotorua from 9-13 March 2016 which puts it in direct competition to the walking festival (same weekend) for accommodation and use of the forest. We apologise for any inconvenience around the dates as we realise that some people may have already made arrangements, but in shifting the date it makes it much easier for accommodation, reduces any issues between walkers and bikers in the forest and also brings the event a little closer to the Canberra weekend of walks. Also we have a 20 year pictorial history of the Rotorua Walking Festival on YouTube. The link is here and it has been added to the IML Walking Association Website as well - click on the link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LBkt1hSuTc&feature=em

The link for the pictorial history of the Rotorua Walking Festival is on our page of IML’s website - http://www.imlwalking.org/#/members/Rotorua Please contact me if there is any further information you require. Kind regards

Deryck Rotorua Waking Festival Website: http://www.rotoruawalkingfestival.org.nz/

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event country completed

Do you know what it takes to become a GLOBAL WALKER?

A walker completing 75% or maximum 10 IML walks (whichever is the lesser) in each IML

region is entitled to the Global Walker clip and certificate. !! The second walk in the same country ( China, Japan ) counts also for the

Global Walker award !! !! note that no walk shall be used twice to qualify

Gilboa Israel

Borås Sweden

Blankenberge Belgium

Wellingborough U.K.

Bern-Belp Switzerland

Chantonnay France

Diekirch GD Luxembourg

Viborg Denmark

Castlebar Ireland

Nijmegen The Netherlands

Vaasa Finland

Verdal Norway

Arenzano Italy

Seefeld Austria

Rotorua

Brno Czech Republic

Fulda Germany

Barcelona Spain

Lithuania

Canberra Australia

Yatsushiro Japan

Higashimatsuyama Japan

Dalian China

Beijing (China) China

Arlington USA

Won-Ju Korea

Taipei Chinese Taipei

Yogyakarta Indonesia

Pan Pacific Region 8 = lesser as 10

Example in the current situation: we have now 28 IML members

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European Region maximum

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And MORE:

Congratulations to Former IML Board Member

Deryck Shaw

On his new position as President of New Zealand Football.

We wish you all the best with lots of success!

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Stay tuned for the next Keeping Pace - IML’s newsletter

Intriguing Thoughts & Views. Please forward your input for

consideration to: info@imlwalking.org

As IML, WA moves forward in an effort to improve

communication among IML walkers and accredited members

we have designed an IML complaint procedure.

http://www.imlwalking.org/new/downloads/IML%20Complaint%20procedure.pdf

Our recommendation is to attempt to resolve the issue with the

event coordinator first. Adjustments cannot be addressed if not

known. If the complaint is not resolve or is not possible during

the event weekend please follow the complaint procedure at

http://www.imlwalking.org

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IML events calendar 2015

August September October November

01 Sat Jurbarkas 01 Tue 01 Thu 01 Sun Higashimatsuyama

02 Sun Jurbarkas 02 Wed 02 Fri 02 Mon Higashimatsuyama

03 Mon 03 Thu 03 Sat Fulda 03 Tue Higashimatsuyama

04 Tue 04 Fri 04 Sun Fulda 04 Wed

05 Wed 05 Sat 05 Mon 05 Thu

06 Thu 06 Sun 06 Tue 06 Fri

07 Fri Vaasa 07 Mon 07 Wed 07 Sat Taipei

Barcelona

08 Sat Vaasa 08 Tue 08 Thu 08 Sun Taipei

Barcelona

09 Sun Vaasa 09 Wed 09 Fri 09 Mon

10 Mon 10 Thu 10 Sat 10 Tue

11 Tue 11 Fri 11 Sun 11 Wed

12 Wed 12 Sat Arenzano 12 Mon 12 Thu

Beijing

13 Thu 13 Sun Arenzano 13 Tue 13 Fri

Beijing

14 Fri 14 Mon 14 Wed 14 Sat Jogjakarta

15 Sat 15 Tue 15 Thu 15 Sun Jogjakarta

16 Sun 16 Wed 16 Fri 16 Mon

17 Mon 17 Thu 17 Sat Arlington 17 Tue

18 Tue 18 Fri Seefeld 18 Sun Arlington 18 Wed

19 Wed 19 Sat Seefeld 19 Mon 19 Thu

20 Thu 20 Sun Seefeld 20 Tue 20 Fri

21 Fri 21 Mon 21 Wed 21 Sat

22 Sat 22 Tue 22 Thu 22 Sun

23 Sun 23 Wed 23 Fri 23 Mon

24 Mon 24 Thu 24 Sat Won - Ju 24 Tue

25 Tue 25 Fri 25 Sun Won - Ju 25 Wed

26 Wed 26 Sat Brno 26 Mon 26 Thu

27 Thu 27 Sun Brno 27 Tue 27 Fri

28 Fri 28 Mon 28 Wed 28 Sat

29 Sat Verdal 29 Tue 29 Thu 29 Sun

30 Sun Verdal 30 Wed 30 Fri 30 Mon

31 Mon 31 Sat

Beijing has decided to hold an extra event on the original dates,

i.e. 19th and 20th Sept., for the IML international walkers.

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